Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress

Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress was a regional political party in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was founded in October 1997 by Naresh Agarwal along with Jagdambika Pal, Atul Kumar Singh, Bacha Pathak, Rajeev Shukla, Hari Shankar Tiwari, Shripati Singh and Shyam Sunder Sharma. The party was formed when these leaders broke away from the Indian National Congress to join the All India Indira Congress (Tiwari), led by N. D. Tiwari which led another switched to form Loktantrik Congress. [1]

Jagdambika Pal served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for 3 days from 21 February 1998 to 23 February 1998 when Governor of Uttar Pradesh Romesh Bhandari dismissed Kalyan Singh government. Kalyan Singh moved Allahabad High Court which termed the dismissal of government unconstitutional on 23 February 1998, thereby reinstating the Kalyan Singh government.[2][3] Naresh Agarwal was name the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.[4][5]

The party became partners in (Atul kumar singh) & Kalyan Singh,[6] Ram Prakash Gupta and Rajnath Singh.[7][8][9]

Electoral History

State


Elections MLA Contested
1999 2 4

State


Elections MLA Contested
1998 22 defection
2002 2 25
2007 1 2
2012 0 1

References
  1. Schism evident in Loktantrik Congress
  2. The UP Assembly
  3. Kalyan Singh sacked, Jagdambika Pal CM
  4. Naresh Agrawal’s Defection from SP to BJP Threatens to Throw UP RS Polls off Balance
  5. The UP Assembly
  6. Mega cabinet expansion in UP, 70 new ministers inducted
  7. Mayawati fuels split in Akhil Bhartiya Congress Dal, asks MLAs to join BSP
  8. UPA 10 short of majority in RS, but friends may pitch in
  9. Uttar Pradesh assembly elections: New faces and veterans
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